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- Men Working at a Sawmill in Alberta, Michigan, 1937 - Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Ford built a sawmill and established a company town in Alberta, Michigan, in 1935. More a public-relations effort than a vital industry, Ford operated the Alberta mill until 1954. The company then donated the facility and 1,700 acres of surrounding forest land to Michigan Technological University.
- August 06, 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Men Working at a Sawmill in Alberta, Michigan, 1937
Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Ford built a sawmill and established a company town in Alberta, Michigan, in 1935. More a public-relations effort than a vital industry, Ford operated the Alberta mill until 1954. The company then donated the facility and 1,700 acres of surrounding forest land to Michigan Technological University.
- Trade Card for A. J. Livick & Bro., Planing and Turning Mill, 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans often saved the informative little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for A. J. Livick & Bro., Planing and Turning Mill, 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans often saved the informative little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.